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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sir Orfeo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is responsible for the color of the Green Knight?
(a) Morgan le Fay.
(b) "The Lord's" wife.
(c) Bertilak de Hautdesert's wife.
(d) All of these.

2. In the third stanza of "Pearl," what color do blossoms pale?
(a) Blue and red.
(b) Yellow and green.
(c) White and blue.
(d) Violet and yellow.

3. How does Sir Orfeo say that Lady Heurodis looks at him, while he is standing next to her bed?
(a) As a foe.
(b) As a healer.
(c) As a mirage.
(d) As a lover.

4. What is the first word that Sir Gawain hears as he approaches the chapel?
(a) "Stay!"
(b) "Welcome."
(c) "Leave!"
(d) "Sinner!"

5. When does the Green Knight request to receive his blow?
(a) In one year from today.
(b) In three days.
(c) That very day.
(d) In a fortnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many damsels go to get Lady Heurodis and bring her back to the castle after her nap?

2. What does the narrator of "Pearl" call himself in stanza twenty-one?

3. How many miles away is the Green Chapel from "the lord's" castle?

4. What is another name for the pentangle?

5. After "the lord" leaves Sir Gawain to find the Green Chapel, who does Sir Gawain say he has the protection of?

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